diff --git a/src/session.c b/src/session.c
index 2ae6f90..1edc725 100644
--- a/src/session.c
+++ b/src/session.c
@@ -1057,6 +1057,7 @@
 		ts = stktable_lookup(s->store[i].table, s->store[i].ts);
 		if (ts) {
 			/* the entry already existed, we can free ours */
+			stktable_touch(s->store[i].table, s->store[i].ts);
 			stksess_free(s->store[i].table, s->store[i].ts);
 		}
 		else